Partially coherent propagation-invariant beams: Passage through paraxial optical systems

Ari T. Friberg; Antti Vasara; Jari Turunen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.43.7079

Partially coherent propagation-invariant beams: Passage through paraxial optical systems

Ari T. Friberg, Antti Vasara, Jari Turunen

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

37 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The cross-spectral-density function characterizing a general propagation-invariant wave field satisfies the associated (planar) paraxial equation. Building on this result, we solve exactly the problem of the passage of such fields through arbitrary lossless optical systems characterized by their ABCD matrices. It is shown that the wave field remains shape invariant in all such systems, but that the property of strict propagation invariance is conserved only if the system is afocal. © 1991 The American Physical Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7079-7082
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	43
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.43.7079
Publication status	Published - 1991

Access to Document

10.1103/PhysRevA.43.7079

Cite this

@article{34db7919a6b442be9d35c5522ab49ce6,

title = "Partially coherent propagation-invariant beams: Passage through paraxial optical systems",

abstract = "The cross-spectral-density function characterizing a general propagation-invariant wave field satisfies the associated (planar) paraxial equation. Building on this result, we solve exactly the problem of the passage of such fields through arbitrary lossless optical systems characterized by their ABCD matrices. It is shown that the wave field remains shape invariant in all such systems, but that the property of strict propagation invariance is conserved only if the system is afocal. {\textcopyright} 1991 The American Physical Society.",

author = "Friberg, {Ari T.} and Antti Vasara and Jari Turunen",

year = "1991",

doi = "10.1103/PhysRevA.43.7079",

language = "English",

volume = "43",

pages = "7079--7082",

journal = "Physical Review A",

issn = "1050-2947",

publisher = "American Physical Society",

number = "12",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Partially coherent propagation-invariant beams

T2 - Passage through paraxial optical systems

AU - Friberg, Ari T.

AU - Vasara, Antti

AU - Turunen, Jari

PY - 1991

Y1 - 1991

N2 - The cross-spectral-density function characterizing a general propagation-invariant wave field satisfies the associated (planar) paraxial equation. Building on this result, we solve exactly the problem of the passage of such fields through arbitrary lossless optical systems characterized by their ABCD matrices. It is shown that the wave field remains shape invariant in all such systems, but that the property of strict propagation invariance is conserved only if the system is afocal. © 1991 The American Physical Society.

AB - The cross-spectral-density function characterizing a general propagation-invariant wave field satisfies the associated (planar) paraxial equation. Building on this result, we solve exactly the problem of the passage of such fields through arbitrary lossless optical systems characterized by their ABCD matrices. It is shown that the wave field remains shape invariant in all such systems, but that the property of strict propagation invariance is conserved only if the system is afocal. © 1991 The American Physical Society.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0001689453&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.43.7079

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.43.7079

M3 - Article

SN - 1050-2947

VL - 43

SP - 7079

EP - 7082

JO - Physical Review A

JF - Physical Review A

IS - 12

ER -

Partially coherent propagation-invariant beams: Passage through paraxial optical systems

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this